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Faster Outside or In?
I am currently training for a half marathon and mix running indoors and out. My neighborhood isn't the safest and I don't have time before or after work to run outdoors without being pitch black. So during the week, I run on a treadmill at the gym. My weekend runs are longer and done outdoors. The odd thing, is I'm…
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How did you pick your Goal Weight?
I am questioning this because I'm wondering if my goal is unreasonable. I've never been at that particular weight before. I started at 175 and my goal is to be 139. I picked it as a challenge, because it would be something I've never done. My lowest adult weight was 141. I'm wondering if I'm picking something that is not…
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Please explain exercise calories to me
Why are they so high. I entered in that I would do 60 minutes of ellipitical training today. MFP told me i'd burn 607 calories. That seems EXTREMELY high for me. I'm assuming that it is taking into consideration my height and my weight, but really, why are they so high? I tried to do a search in community for this, and…
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Possibly Dumb Question: CI/CO and TOM
This is my 9274721 time trying to lose weight. I'm trying to make this *the* time it works out and I maintain my weight. I've been tracking daily, and measuring everything I eat with a food scale and or measuring cups. (I realize there is still a margin of error). So I've been struggling to get passed a certain weight for…
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Tired of dieting
I've done the diet thing since I was 14. I've tried just about every diet. Special K, Slim Fast, Paleo, Atkins. Until recently, did i finally realize that it isn't about "diet" but rather about lifestyle changes. I realized that weight loss couldn't be a temp thing, just taking out "x", and losing weight. Because giving up…
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Confused
So I've updated my stats to maintain my weight. It gave me about 1800 cals a week when I advised I would be working out 3 times a week for an hour each time. Should I do anything special given that those workouts are 30 minutes of cardio, 30 minutes of weight lifting? I'm thinking that perhaps the weight lifiting isn't…
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Struggling a bit with Maintenance
I recently reached my goal weight and switched over to maintenance. I made a conscious choice to stop my weight loss and so had some time to explore the forums ahead of time to pick up some tips on making it stick. I refuse to be overweight again. One of the really great tips I got, was to listen to my body. The poster…
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Entering Maintenance and worried
I posted this here, because it is mainly a weight loss problem. Sorry if it really does belong in the Maintenance threads. I am approaching Maintenance rather soon. I have about 4 lbs to go until I hit my goal weight. My weight loss has not been linear at all, and I didn't lose and keep it off until I started weighing and…
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What do you wish you hadn't done on your fitness journey?
MFP is filled with stories of success as well sometimes people looking for 'shortcuts' other than CI/CO. What is one fad or "diet" you tried on your fitness journey that you wish you hadn't tried? For me it was paleo. I probably did it wrong admittedly, but I wish I'd never even tried it. Granted I did get to a low weight…
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What to do?
My ultimate goal is to lose 29 lbs. I was down at this size early last year, but gained the weight due to being lax. During that time, I went through a "Love my body" phase and just bought larger close to fit my larger frame getting rid of my smaller clothes. Now that I've started to lose weight, I'm swimming in my…
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Weightlifting Question
I've heard a bit here and elsewhere about recomp diet, over doing cardio and lifting heavy things. Not really looking for diet advice, just trying to figure out the general consensus: When do you start lifting weight? I have a goal of 135 for my ultimate goal weight and was planning to wait until I got there to focus on…
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Clean Eating?
I am a firm believer in CI/CO. I've been following my diet pretty consistently for the last few months. Last night I wound up eating over my calories when I went to my parent's house and I had some chocolate cake. The problem is, within about 20 minutes of eating it, I felt like dying. I wasn't overly full, I just felt…
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Why Doesn't Weight Watchers Work?
Please feel free to chime in here, whether you've done the plan or not, I'm really looking for opinions. Little backstory, I've struggled with weight all my life. I was a pretty hefty teenager and finally did something about it when I was going to college. Lost 50 lbs counting calories. Went to college, gained the freshman…
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You will be X weight in 5 weeks
I recently updated my goals to reflect that I wanted to maintain my weight, not lose. Every time in the past, when I've hit complete entry, it comes up and tells me how much weight I should weigh in 5 weeks. I learned to ignore the weight listed when I was trying to eat a deficit, because I read a lot of threads on here…
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Paleo Question
I've been following the Paleo model for about a month now, and I have a rather ironic question. Ironic because I think about two weeks ago, I posted that I was starving during the night. After a few diet tweaks, I have a new problem...I'm almost never hungry. It's almost like my hunger alarm never goes off, so I eat when…
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Discuss
High-protein diets like the Paleo and Atkins plans may be better at promoting weight loss than calorie counting, according to a new study released Thursday. http://www.examiner.com/article/high-protein-diets-may-be-the-key-to-weight-loss-say-scientists Discuss.
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Starving...
I wasn't quite sure what forum this goes under so I picked this one. I have noticed that in the middle of the night, I wake up starving. I don't understand it at all. I eat about 1500-1800 calories a day. I'm never starved during the day. My foods tend to keep me full until meal time. I work out about 5 days a week;…
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Is he into me?
I feel like I know the answer to this question, but I'm driving myself nuts. I'm usually able to give my friends advice, but for some reason can't follow my own. Met this guy through a friend who was getting married. She'd been trying to push me on to him for years, but I always ducked her. We met at her bachelorette…
